PDF/A natively created in Mac OS X. Is still impossible?

Hi everybody,
I need to generate PDF/A files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A) in 10.5/10.6 but I can't figure out how to do it!
The best solution I found is to print to PostScript and then convert the files with Adobe Distiller but it is a nasty solution as in Windows is pretty easy as there are many ways to natively do this!
The best way would be to have a virtual PDF printer able to create this kind of documents but I can't find anything on the web.
I need PDF/A so I can put digital signatures on them with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro.
I already tried with CUPS and the Adobe virtual printer but I couldn't manage to have PDF/A files as output.
Thanks everybody in advance!

I don't do this, but I know it is possible...
Maybe from the CUPS-PDF add-on, or by creating your own driver (filter script) using ps2pdf:
http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/Ps2pdf.htm
http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/Readme.htm
ghostscript for OS X:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/foomat ic
CUPS-PDF:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100517133516145
I think the contributor Matt Broughton will know the ins and outs.

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